International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2017 694 ISSN 2250-3153 www.ijsrp.org A Stylistic Analysis of “Ode to A Nightingale” by John Keats Hafsa Zia D/O Dr.Muhammad Sadiq Zia Abstract- This stylistic analysis of the poem “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats who was acknowledged to be the romantic of all romantics, reveals his unprecedented style of writing poetry. The conception of negative capability and the wholesome concept of exquisiteness are the idiosyncratic characteristics of Keats poetry, which distinguish him from his contemporary poets. In this analysis, specifically, main stylistic levels are discussed and accordingly stylistic devices are extracted and explained to analyze this spectacular poem of the renowned and beloved poet, which had made it a part of Pakistani syllabus because of its charismatic and hypnotic impression. To this end, the corpus of the poem has been processed through various softwares for stylistic analysis of corpora and the results have been discussed in this analysis so that it could be helpful as pedagogical implications in applied linguistics and productive for comprehension of stylistic devices for preliminary learners. Moreover, the usage of various softwares for analyzing a corpus can be learnt through this study. Index Terms- Stylistics, Stylistic devices,Phonetic &Phonological Level, Graphitic &Graphological Level, Lexical & Grammatical Level, Semantic, Discourse & Pragmatic Level, Annihilation, death, eternity, bliss. I. INTRODUCTION de to a nightingale” has been written by John Keats in the spring of 1819. He was stimulated by the song of a nightingale that had lived close to the house of his friend in Hampstead. The bird’s enthralling and charismatic song had impacted on Keats’ mind and stimulated him with tranquil pleasure and aspiration of a blissful eternal life. The theme of the poem is not merely the nightingale itself rather it is the poet’s exquisite craving to get rid of the depressing and mortal world to the immortal life of splendor, tranquility and excellence, which is exposed to Keats for a while by listening to the song of nightingale. For him, beauty and nature must be cherished. On the other hand, Coleridge attempts to explore truth in order to attain the measures for problems and the obscurities of life, the other renowned writer Shelly also sensed and imagined beauty through intellectualization, moreover, Wordsworth explored the spiritualized dimensions of beauty. Nevertheless, Keats was not in the favour of the artistic subjectivity for propagating personal thoughts, rather he cherished beauty of nature which can be felt and imagined by the intellectual capabilities to grasp truth. He adored poetry and beauty literally for the sake of natural beauty. For Keats an impeccable poet is similar to an empty vessel which must be loaded with another potential beings and things. He was acquiescent to the nature in such a way that he did never attempt to change natural phenomena or even negate them. The golden words of Keats that he believed in the holiness of the heart’s affection and truth of imaginations that seize as beauty must be truth, whether it is existent before or not. Hence, this stylistic analysis is not only based upon the dissection of the magnificent stylistic devices integrated for the portrayal of sentiments depicted in the poem by adorable John Keat, likewise it emphasized on the collective impression of the stylistic devices used in the entire construction of different parts represented together coherently and in well-adjusted manner in the poem. This masterpiece of Keats also symbolizes the literal concept of beauty. He wanted to create a divine relationship with through his invocations. This stylistic analysis is in compliance with the relevant parameters and procedures of stylistic devices used in the poem to foreground the hidden intentions and sentiments of the renowned poet. The sensuousness, overall structure of the poem, imagery, figurative language, romantic allusions, and various sound patterns prove it to be an unprecedented masterpiece of John Keats. The stylistic approach is used to separate all the stylistic features for emotive and pictorial aims to elucidate this poem. Moreover, his choices of devices integrated in the structure which makes it a flawless and adorable piece of art; and find the symbolic elements to give Keats’ pure concept of beauty. Research Questions: 1. What are the stylistic devices used related to Phonetic Level as well as Phonological Leveland the emotive impacts of these devices? 2. What are stylistic devices employed relating to Graphitic Level in the ode? 3. What are the stylistic devices employed relating to Graphological Level? 4. What are the stylistic devices used relating to Lexical Level as well as Grammatical Level? 5. What are the stylistic devices exists in the ode relating to Semantic Level / Discourse Level and Pragmatic Level? 6. What are the integrated impact of the stylistic devices and the structure of the poem which have made this poem a great masterpiece? Objectives: 1. To explore the stylistic devices at 8 major levels 2. To attain emotive functions achieved through these devices 3. To reveal the artistic beauty of employed stylistic devices in the structure of the poem Methodology:- “O